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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tur•bine /ˈtɜrbɪn, -baɪn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Mechanical Engineeringa machine having blades inside, driven by the pressure or thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air:the helicopter's turbines.
See -turb-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tur•bine (tûr′bin, -bīn),USA pronunciation n. - Mechanical Engineeringany of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor. Cf. impulse turbine, reaction turbine.
- Latin turbin-, stem of turbō something that spins, e.g., top, spindle, whirlwind; akin to turbid
- French
- 1815–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: turbine /ˈtɜːbɪn -baɪn/ n - any of various types of machine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate. The moving fluid may be water, steam, air, or combustion products of a fuel
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, from Latin turbō whirlwind, from turbāre to throw into confusion |